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09/27/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Sugar is NOT a harmless indulgence: Juice and soda put children at risk for obesity and chronic health conditions such as asthma

Children are more likely to develop asthma if they drink juices sweetened with sugar and high fructose corn syrup or if their mothers consumed the same kinds of beverages during pregnancy, according to a study conducted by researchers from Harvard University. The research team noted that children whose diets contained the most amount of total fructose have an increased risk […]

05/17/2018 / By Ralph Flores

High-fat diets promote the increase of gut microbes that make you fatter…it’s a never-ending cycle

The microbiota plays an important role in the body, even as researchers are still trying to understand the mechanisms by which it does so. However, the results of a study published in Cell Host and Microbe may shed some light on how certain diets affect it. They found that microbiota – in particular, those in the small […]

05/09/2018 / By Zoey Sky

How to detox yourself from sugar: A day-by-day guide

Did you know that quitting sugar can help lower your risk of developing diabetes, heart disease and liver disease? These health conditions have two things in common: Sugar as a culprit, and they all have a place in the list of top 15 causes of death. If your diet consists of sugar-rich foods, your blood pressure can skyrocket. […]

02/03/2017 / By Robert Jonathan

Not so sweet: Sugar is a potent toxin that sets the stage for diabetes and obesity

Big Sugar foe Gary Taubes has published a new book that purports to link the obesity and diabetes epidemics to the consumption of sugar. The award-winning science journalist rejects the premise/conventional wisdom that avoiding weight gain is merely about more physical exercise and less shoveling food into the proverbial pie hole. That is, public health […]

01/14/2017 / By Vicki Batts

Research: Teens take in enough sugar each year to fill a bathtub with cola

A new study conducted by the United Kindgom’s Cancer Research UK charity has uncovered some shocking revelations about the sugar habits of teenagers. Their research suggests that teens in the UK eat enough sugar every year to fill a bathtub with soda. Researchers from the charity analyzed data from a national diet survey that had […]

11/19/2015 / By Vicki Batts

Sugar makes you sick, and science just proved it

Sugar doesn’t have to make you fat to make you sick — at least, that’s what researchers say. According to a study recently published in the journal Obesity, chronic diseases such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and type-2 diabetes in children used to be rare. Children didn’t use to have serious risk factors for […]

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